Chapter 74 Chapter 74 (Updated)
After three days of joint efforts by the reinforcements and everyone in the inner and outer cities, several temporary shelters were finally established in the inner and outer cities respectively.
Although the number of remaining Zergs is still difficult to count, everyone has now dispelled their fear of Zergs. Ordinary people have been incorporated into the team of frontline soldiers, taking turns to go out and clear the Zergs every day.
Ruan Shiqing even had two carts of insect carcasses brought back for research, hoping to see if the insect carcasses scattered all over the ground could be reused.
Rong Heng and Dares drove the shuttle and left B3024 again to search for wormholes in the universe for the Zerg to migrate.
The shuttle carries a sufficient number of proton fish torpedoes. As long as they find the exact coordinates, they will blow up the jump channel.
But when the two followed the traces of the Zerg, they found that there was more than one such wormhole. The Zerg that entered the central region through the wormhole did not just flock to B3024, but dispersed in all directions. No one knew which planet they would end up on. No one knew whether there were any distant planets that had been attacked by the Zerg like B3024, but were isolated and helpless.
"These wormholes are neither naturally formed nor artificially built..." Dares looked at the wormholes in front of him and the worms pouring out of them, but he couldn't finish the rest of his words.
There are currently only two types of wormholes: one is a natural wormhole that is formed naturally and has many unstable factors; the other is an artificial wormhole created using existing technology.
But these strange and twisted wormholes in front of us clearly do not belong to any of the above categories.
It's more like... it was created by the Zerg themselves.
The Zerg can create wormholes. This speculation is too shocking and the consequences are too terrible. If the speculation comes true, the defense of the entire frontier area will be useless. The star field of the Galaxy Empire will probably be turned into a sieve by the Zerg.
Rong Heng's expression was also extremely ugly. "First, blow up all the wormholes that can be detected."
Dares responded muffledly, began to confirm the coordinates, and launched the proton fish torpedo.
The news about the wormhole had not yet been reported back to Planet B3024, and everyone was working in an orderly manner to clear out the Zerg, hoping that they would be able to completely eliminate the Zerg after blowing up the Zerg's migration passage.
Victory seemed just around the corner.
But on the fourth day, the control center in the inner city suddenly received an evacuation order.
The order was very brief. It was only for the middle and senior management personnel of the Energy Center. To all the middle and senior management personnel of the Energy Center: Please evacuate B3024 in the escape capsule as soon as possible within 20 hours of receiving the message. All equipment and data in the Energy Center can be abandoned, and the evacuation must be completed within ten days. After ten days, the "clearance plan" will be launched for B3024.
This order was not issued by the government, but directly by Planck Energy.
Ever since receiving this message, Ruan Shiqing has been shrouded in a shadow.
The evacuation of management personnel and the "clearance plan" all sound like they mean that B3024 will be abandoned.
He did not announce the news immediately, but privately informed Hector Meller and others to discuss it.
"Elimination plan?" Melel said, "This is not in compliance with the laws of the Empire. Although B3024 is just a garbage planet, it is not a private planet of Planck Energy. Before obtaining a permit, Planck Energy has no right to take any action against this planet."
"This is not an order from Planck Energy." Lansing tapped the table with his fingers and pointed to the initials at the end of the letter. "This is the signature of my father, the leader of the mermaid tribe. The mermaid tribe has a lot of in-depth cooperation with Planck Energy."
"It's not Planck Energy that's going to attack B3024, but the Mermaids." He looked a little serious. "If I remember correctly, the 'Elimination Plan' means that the Mermaids are going to activate the Dyson Sphere and directly destroy B3024."
A Dyson sphere is an artificial celestial body built outside a star, completely enveloping the star for energy extraction. It is a huge natural nuclear fusion reactor that uses stars as a power source.
As far as he knew, there was a star near the planet Sjarlan that had been transformed into a Dyson sphere. This Dyson sphere was the energy supply reactor for the entire Sjarlan space military fortress.
After the huge energy inside the star is converted, it is used to power planetary weapons, which are powerful enough to directly blow up a planet.
"But why would the mermaids spend so much effort targeting a garbage planet?" Hector said, "This doesn't make sense."
Using a space military fortress will burn star coins every second. Using a Dyson sphere just to destroy a garbage planet is like using a butcher knife to kill a chicken.
He didn't think the mermaids would do business at a loss.
"Because these Zergs that appeared in the Central Region are likely related to the Mermaids." Lansing spread his hands: "I appeared on Planet B3024 this time because my father received news that Zergs appeared on Planet B3024, and he specifically asked me to come here to confirm the situation."
However, he accidentally discovered 047 and ran into the "deceased" former Crown Prince, so he temporarily changed his plan.
"Is this insect tide related to the Sijialan Planet?" Hector's voice suddenly rose, and he snorted heavily: "I know that the aquatic products of Sijialan Planet are not good things. How did you get those insects here? What's your conspiracy?"
"Commodore Hector, please watch your words."
Facing the accusation, Lansing still looked calm and composed: "I was not involved in it. They have never wanted me to get involved in these matters. But according to the information I know, my father once dragged back several shipworm corpses from the Melches region in the name of a laboratory. But in fact, those Zergs were alive, but they entered a dormant period and escaped inspection. I don't know what kind of deal my father made with those bugs, but he was obviously deceived by those Zergs who were regarded as stupid. Not long ago, the Zergs that were dragged back disappeared overnight. There was no trace of them near the entire Sigaran Star. My father secretly sent a large number of people to search, but there was no result."
So after hearing that Zerg appeared on B3024, he immediately sent him and Wright to confirm the situation.
"The mermaids are now targeting B3024 in the name of Planck Energy. Apparently, they received a distress signal from the inner city and knew that B3024 was hit by an insect tide. Are they launching the 'Elimination Plan' now to destroy the bodies and traces?" Mori said.
"That's something those fishermen can do." Hector sneered.
Seeing that the topic was getting more and more off topic, Ruan Shiqing could not help but knock on the table to draw everyone's attention back: "We can put aside the purpose of the mermaids for the time being. If what Lansing said is true, the problem we are facing now is that in ten days at the latest, the Sijialan planet will activate the 'clearance plan' and destroy the B3024 planet."
He looked solemn, "Given the current situation of B3024, it cannot withstand attacks from planetary weapons."
Mellaire touched the blaster at hand and said, "We can rush over first and blow up the military fortress on Star Sigalan, so that they will be too busy to take care of themselves and solve the problem from the source."
"The defense of the space military fortress on the planet Sjarlan is more rigorous than you can imagine," Lansing said. "And the Dyson sphere itself is equipped with a weapon system. Even if the military fortress is destroyed, it may not be able to stop the 'clearance plan'."
"If we can't destroy it at the source, we can only use planetary weapons of the same magnitude to intercept it." Ruan Shiqing said, "But there are no such powerful weapons on B3024."
It is impossible to destroy it at the source. There is no hard condition to intercept it. Ruan Shiqing frowned and prepared for the worst: "If it really doesn't work, we can only notify the residents of B3024 to evacuate as soon as possible."
But unexpectedly, Mellaire waved his hand and said with a relaxed look: "This is easier to do. We don't have it ourselves, but we can borrow it from somewhere else."
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Can I borrow this kind of planetary-level weapon?
Ruan Shiqing looked confused and hesitated to speak.
But he seemed to be the only one present who was genuinely concerned; Hector and Morrie nodded in agreement.
Hector even said: "There must be planetary weapons deployed on Barham. When Rong Heng comes back, we can discuss the details."
The others agreed, and the meeting ended.
Ruan Shiqing was left confused and felt like he didn't fit in with the others.
Rong Heng and Dares didn't return until two days later.
After accepting the fact that the Zerg may have drilled the Imperial Star Domain into a sieve, it was not so surprising to hear that the Scarlan Star wanted to use the Dyson sphere to destroy the B3024 Star.
Dares even said the same thing as Hector: "That's what the fish would do."
The four major races have ancient heritages, but only the mermaids and the nine-tailed foxes value bloodline the most. In their eyes, ordinary Bis people, evolved people, and ancient humans are all lower-class creatures. And the vast majority of residents on Planet B3024 are illegal residents, so they naturally don't care about them. Even if the simultaneous death of the middle and senior management personnel of the energy center would not attract attention, they might not even issue this evacuation order and directly start the "clearance plan."
"I remember that there are planetary weapons on Balem." Rong Heng narrowed his eyes and said, "There are still eight days left. It's not too late to borrow them now."
Mr. Lian Rong also said so, and Ruan Shiqing began to feel that he was too ignorant.
Perhaps the relations between the various planets of the Galactic Empire were more harmonious than he thought, and these large military weapons could be loaned out when necessary.
He nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you. As long as they are willing to open up weapons control to B3024, we can intercept the attack from Sijialan in time."
Barham's star is located exactly in the middle of Scarlett Johansson and B3024, and the three planets form a triangle.
As long as Star Sijialan attacks, they can intercept it in advance.
Rong Heng smiled meaningfully: "They won't refuse."
Because they were going to the planet Balem, Ruan Shiqing and his men worked overtime to repair the blue main battleship that Rong Heng often used.
Fortunately, the battleship itself was durable. Although the entire head was stuck in the ground, the actual damage was not serious. After repair, it was immediately put into use.
Rong Heng, Hector, and Mellaire, together with a group of elite soldiers, boarded the main battleship and headed for the planet Balem.
The rest stayed on B3024 and continued to fight the Zerg.
Before leaving, Rong Heng looked at the cubs that were looking around and asked Ruan Shiqing, "You probably don't have time to take care of the cubs during this period, right? Why don't I take them with me so that they can learn more along the way."
"Is this... too troublesome?" Ruan Shiqing hesitated.
But he and 09 really can't spare much time to accompany the cubs recently. The cubs spend most of their time in the arsenal.
"No problem." Rong Heng looked at the cub with shining eyes: "Do you want to go?"
The cubs looked at their father, then back at him, nodding their heads with excitement.
Although I miss my dad, I also want to fly a fighter plane again!
Seeing the kids' excited faces, Ruan Shiqing did not reject his kindness. He rubbed the kids' heads and told them, "Don't cause trouble for Mr. Rong on the way. Got it?"
The cubs nodded obediently and said goodbye to their father one by one.
Only Ruan Jiao, who was at the end of the group, was confused and had no idea what the other kids were excited about.
He shook his tentacles and said goodbye to his father reluctantly.
Ruan Shiqing watched the battleship leave before returning to the arsenal to continue working.
The golden little robot followed him, and after walking a few steps, it couldn't help but say sourly: "It seems that the relationship between the cubs and Mr. Rong is getting better and better."
In the past, they would not be so close to Mr. Rong. But now, it seems that there is no big difference in how they treat Mr. Rong and Mr. Rong.
"After all, he is Snowball's eldest brother, so it's inevitable that he loves all of them. This is not a bad thing, and Mr. Rong also takes good care of them." Ruan Shiqing patted the little robot on the shoulder: "It's impossible for the cubs to be alone with us forever. Sooner or later, they will grow up and have their own social network, but this doesn't mean that they don't care about us anymore."
The little robot tilted its head and thought about it, then accepted the statement and even its pace became a little more cheerful.
Rong Heng, who had boarded the battleship at this time, picked up Ruan Jiao, flicked the tentacles on his forehead, and whispered: "Just like last time, let those insects follow."
Unlike last time, this time, he wants to take over the entire planet of Balem.
When the defense command of the entire Balem planet fell into their hands, whether to lend weapons became a very simple matter.